Archives of General Psychiatry
hideArchives of General Psychiatry is a monthly professional medical journal published by the American Medical Association. Archives of General Psychiatry publishes original, peer reviewed articles about psychiatry, mental health, behavioral sciences and related fields. It is the psychiatric journal with the highest impact factor, considered a flagship of psychiatric research. The acceptance rate is 17%.
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Full recovery now possible for an 'untreatable' mental illness
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Patients coping with the chaos and misery of Borderline Personality Disorder now have reason for strong confidence in making major life changes through a new treatment, Schema Therapy. For the first time, three major outcome ...
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Psychiatric impact of torture could be amplified by head injury
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Nov 06, 2009 |
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Depression and other emotional symptoms in survivors of torture and other traumatic experiences may be exacerbated by the effects of head injuries, according to a study from the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT), based ...
Faulty body clock may make kids bipolar
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Nov 12, 2009 |
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Malfunctioning circadian clock genes may be responsible for bipolar disorder in children. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry found four versions of the regulatory gene RORB that were associated with p ...
New safety concern related to antipsychotic treatment
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Dec 01, 2009 |
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Overall, antipsychotic medications are reasonably effective, and fairly well tolerated treatments for mood and psychotic disorders. However, treatment with a number of antipsychotic medications is associated with weight ...
Heart Disease a 'Silent Killer' in Patients With Severe Mental Illness
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Nov 16, 2009 |
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A large new study confirms that people with severe mental disorders -- such as schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders -- are 25 percent to 40 percent more prone to die from heart disease than people without mental illness ...
Depression Patients More Apt to Receive Opioids for Chronic Pain
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Nov 16, 2009 |
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Chronic pain patients with a history of depression are three times more likely to receive long-term prescriptions for opioid medications like Vicodin compared to pain patients who do not suffer from depression, according ...
Study examines quality and duration of primary care visits
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Adult primary care visits have increased in quality, duration and frequency between 1997 and 2005, according to a report in the November 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Depression as deadly as smoking, but anxiety may be good for you
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Nov 17, 2009 |
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A study by researchers at the University of Bergen, Norway, and the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London has found that depression is as much of a risk factor for mortality as smoking.
Study shows dream-enacting behavior is common in healthy young adults
Dec 01, 2009 |
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A study in the Dec.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that dream-enacting behaviors are common in healthy young adults, and the prevalence of specific behaviors differs between men and women.
Discussing adverse events with patients improves how they rate their hospital care
Nov 10, 2009 |
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A survey of patients had who experienced some sort of adverse event during their hospitalization found that, although caregivers discussed the event with patients less than half the time, those patients to whom the adverse ...
Long-term statin use associated with decreased risk of gallstones requiring surgery
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Use of the cholesterol-lowering drugs statins for more than a year is associated with a reduced risk of having gallstones requiring surgery, according to a study in the November 11 issue of JAMA.
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